Echinometridae

Also known as: Bohr- und Griffelseeigel, Ricci scavatori e affini, ナガウニ科, 長海膽科

Classification

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Echinodermata
Class	Echinoidea
Order	Camarodonta
Family	Echinometridae
Published in	Gray, J. E. (1855). An arrangement of the Families of Echinida, with Descriptions of some New Genera and Species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society London 23, 35-39. https://www.marinespecies.org/echinoidea/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=145575
Habitat	MARINE
Genera	11
Species records held	35
Descendant taxa (GBIF)	77
GBIF key	9522

Genera in Echinometridae

Echinometra — 9 species: Echinometra hondoana, Echinometra insularis, Echinometra lucunter, Echinometra mathaei, Echinometra noblei, Echinometra oblonga, Echinometra prisca, Echinometra vanbrunti
Heliocidaris — 7 species: Heliocidaris australiae, Heliocidaris bajulus, Heliocidaris crassispina, Heliocidaris erythrogramma, Heliocidaris ludbrookae, Heliocidaris robertsi, Heliocidaris tuberculata
Colobocentrotus — 4 species: Colobocentrotus atractus, Colobocentrotus atratus, Colobocentrotus mertensii, Colobocentrotus pedifer
Echinostrephus — 4 species: Echinostrephus aciculalus, Echinostrephus aciculatus, Echinostrephus molaris, Echinostrephus saipanicum
Zenocentrotus — 3 species: Zenocentrotus kellersi, Zenocentrotus paradoxus, Zenocentrotus peregrinus
Evechinus — 2 species: Evechinus chloroticus, Evechinus palatus
Heterocentrotus — 2 species: Heterocentrotus mamillatus, Heterocentrotus trigonarius
Caenocentrotus — 1 species: Caenocentrotus gibbosus
Diplosalenia — 1 species: Diplosalenia faurei
Ellipsechinus — 1 species: Ellipsechinus palmeri
Selenechinus — 1 species: Selenechinus armatus

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Source and Attribution

Taxonomic rank data on this page is drawn from the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy, doi.org/10.15468/39omei, GBIF Secretariat, licensed CC BY 4.0. Member-species counts are counts of records held in the Sanctum species index, not a claim of completeness for the family.

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